Hair drier



Oct. 12 1926.

R. R. KIMMEL.

HAIR DRIER Filed August 11, 1925 m VE nTo'R, vberi' Himmel,

Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

vUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B RIMMEL, Ol' MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOIt T0 MARION ELECTRIC COR- PORATION, OE MARION, INDIANA, A CORFORATION OF INDIANA.

Ham Imran.

Application led August 11, 1925. Serial No. 49,598.

My invention relates tomeans of drying hair after washing or shampooing and the like. The customary hair drier has heretofore comprised a source of heat and a blower in connection therewith to direct a warmed current of air to the persons head. Such means of drying hair'is costly owing t9 the motor blower mechanism and it also has considerable weight. Not only are such objec- .10 tions present, but the current of air necessary to convey the heat blows the hair about over the head until it becomes considerably tangled.

It is the purpose of my invention to overcome such objections in a hair drier by providing a portable device of light weight and easy balance to be held in the hand, in which device there are no moving parts and the heat is applied to the hair not by Aconduction or convection as in a current ofair but by direct radiation from a reflecting radiator.

Further objects reside in the sim licity of the drier, the low cost and easeo production, its universal ability to be held in the 2 hand, or hung up, or stood to meet all conditions encountered in barber shop practice or home or size. A

I accomplish these and such other minor 3 objects as will be apparent in the following description, by the means as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a `front elevation of my hair drier in a standing position; Fig. 2, va horizontal section taken on the line 2-2'in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, arear elevation of the hair drier.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the various views of the drawing.

As a supporting container, I form an outer housing 10 approximately parabolic in shape after the fashion of the common light reflector.' The forward (side. of the housing is open and terminates in an outwardly, laterally projecting lip 11 which serves as 'an private use', 'and in its compact annular seat against which rests the annular outer edge 12 of the reflector 13. Projecting outwardly from the edge 12 are a number of tongues 14 which are bent over, around, and back against theback side of the lip 11 as a means of securing the reiiec-l tor 13 to the housin 10. It will be noted, in Fig. 2, that whi the reflector 13 subi stantially fills the housing 10,. there is a small clearance between to act as a heat insulator.

The rear of the reflector' 13 has a central opening defined by a collar 15 rearwardly and integrally projecting from the reflector Into this hole is fitted a heating element 16 of the usual type comprising a coiled resistance wire wound about a porcelain spool, and the heating element 16 is there held by means ofa machine screw 17 passing centrally through the porcelain of the element 16 and through a cap 18 having a turned edge to engage about the collar 15.

To protect the hair and prevent its coming in contact with the heating' element 16, I 4cover the entire front of the reflector 13, by a circular disk of wire screen 19. -This screen 19 is held in place, and the reflector 13 further retained on the housing 10 by means of the locking ring 2() which passes entirely around the lip 1l, the edge 12, and .the edge of the screen 19, and is locked thereon by the tongue 21 springing into the notch 'The back ofthe housing 1o is provided 80 with an opening through the `rearwardly projecting neck 23. Fittingn over the neck '23, isthe handle-cap 25, secured theretoby .the bolts 26, and formed from a single piece of metal with the tubular extension 27 pressed into the handle 28. A ferrule 29 is employed in the customary manner. The handle 28 has a central passage 30 communieating with the passage through the handle cap 25 such that the current carrying cable' 31 may be passed through the handle, the handle-cap, the housing and to the heating element terminals.

A small section]r of metal is pressed outwardly from the back of the handle cap 25 to form the ring grip 32, under whic is passed the ring 33. This ring 33 is for the purpose of supporting the hair drier 1n a han 'ng position and is so located-that the drier is balanced about it with the reflector pointing directly downwardly.

A number of legs 34 are secured to the housin 10 as a means of supportin the hair drler, and while the legs are here s own as but three in number, any number may be attached so as to enable the reflector to be directed to any desired angle oi: reflection, such that the hair drier may be placed upon a stand or table of any height, nearby the person whose hair is to be drled. v

While the housing 10 serves as a means of protecting the operator from being burnt by accidental touch of the rellector 13 otherwise exposed, the housing 10v also serves as a means of confining to a degree a small amount of air as an insulator to prevent the reflector from being cooled by drafts, and as means of preventing the reflector from being unduly heated, a plurality 0fventilating holes 35 are had through the housing 10-that is, the reflector is kept Warm and an escape is provided for excess heat.

While I have here` shown my invention in the form now best known to me, it is ob-A viousvthat the structure may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I, therefor, do not desire to be limited to the precise form as shown, nor any more than may bc necessitated by the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a hair drier. a heat radiator having an annular lip, an electrical heating element within the radiator, aninsulating. housing around the radiator, an annular lip on the housing to receive the lip of the radiator, tongues extending from the radiator lip to engage the housing lip, a hair guard over the housing, a'clamp ring engaging the radi'- ator lip, the housing lip and the hair guard one upon the other, and a hand grip extending from the housing. l

2. In a hair drier, a heat radiator, an electrical heating element having a base with terminals proiecting through the radiator, a housing behind the radiator1 a hair -1 guaggdfoyenthe heating element, band means securing Athe housing, the radiator and the guard together, a hollow neck on the housing permitting access to the heating elernentl terminals, a handle-cap engaged by saidneck to receive conducting wires therethrough from said element terminals, and a handle extended from the cap. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT R. KIMMEL 

